Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers
· Major League Baseball
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Surging Braves rally past reeling Tigers for 6-5 victory
The Tigers have lost five straight and eight of the past nine. Their lead in the AL Central — at 14 games shortly before the All-Star break and 10 games on Sept. 3 — is down to one game over the Cleveland Guardians, who swept a doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins.
The Braves trailed 5-4 going into the ninth. Ozzie Albies and Ha-Seong Kim started the ninth with singles off Will Vest (6-5), but he struck out Michael Harris II and Sandy León.
That brought up Alvarez, who had already homered in the third and eighth innings. He lined a single to right to tie the game and Jurickson Profar followed with a base hit to put the Braves ahead.
Raisel Iglesias pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Dylan Dodd (1-0) got the win in relief with a scoreless eighth.
The Tigers trailed 3-1 after the top of the third, but scored a run in the bottom of the inning, tied the game in the sixth on Zach McKinstry's pinch-hit homer and took the 5-3 lead on Spencer Torkelson's seventh-inning homer off Pierce Johnson.
The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on Torkelson's RBI single.
Alvarez tied it in the third with his first homer, and Drake Baldwin made it 3-1 with his second homer in as many games later in the inning.
Wenceel Perez cut the deficit to 3-2 with a sacrifice fly in the third.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Torres lined out to right. |
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9th Inning | Carpenter lined out to first. |
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9th Inning | Carpenter hit for Jones |
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9th Inning | Jung popped out to second. |
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9th Inning | Iglesias relieved Dodd |
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9th Inning | Jung hit for Báez |
Statistics
 ATL |
 DET |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 0 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 11 | Ground Balls | 5 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 11 |
| 6 | Runs Batted In | 5 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 7 | Hits | 9 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 6 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 6 | Runs | 5 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 1 |
| 33 | At Bats | 35 |
| 3 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 12 | Runners Left On Base | 11 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 0 |
| 16 | Fly Balls | 20 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 173 | Pitches | 142 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 3 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 1 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 16 | Total Bases | 15 |
| 39 | Plate Appearances | 38 |
| 486.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 3 | Extra Base Hits | 2 |
| 5.5 | Runs Created | 4.6 |
| .212 | Batting Average | .257 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .333 |
| .485 | Slugging Percentage | .429 |
| .485 | Secondary Average | .229 |
| .333 | On Base Percentage | .289 |
| .818 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .718 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.3 |
| 5.5 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.6 |
| 41.0 | Batter Rating | 35.0 |
| 11.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 17.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.44 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.74 |
| .273 | Isolated Power | .171 |
| 1.00 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.18 |
| .154 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .053 |
| .273 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | -.029 |
| 12.0 | Runs Produced | 10.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.6 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.2 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 87.8 | MLB Rating | 84.5 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 38,079 | Capacity: